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St. Thomas Pictures – SUP, Parasailing, Relaxation!

Last Updated: BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 66 Comments

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We had a TON of fun in St. Thomas. I’m still recouping, so for today please enjoy these pictures. I didn’t really use my camera and used my iPhone for nearly all of my photos, so sorry about all of the Instagram pictures.

I will do a full recap eventually, and if you have any questions about St. Thomas or the U.S. Virgin Islands, please ask below or email me so that I know what to absolutely include in my St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands’ recap post.

In the near future, I also plan on talking about blogging and getting freebies. Specifically blogging and getting travel freebies. Some of you know this already, but lately I’ve been able to score a lot of vacation freebies. These have included: free hotel stays, guided tours, snorkeling/kayaking excursions, dinners, drinks and so on. It is something that I just started with in the end of 2012, and I’m still learning more and more about it. Is there anything specific that you would like for me to include in the post? Look out for my post on Blogging for Free Travel soon!

Lastly, don’t forget to read my latest life update and extra income post 🙂

Relaxing on the beach parasailing st. thomas

The lovely beach at the resort! Half of the beach is a little rocky, but the left hand side is perfect for getting in without it being rocky and hurting your feet.  The water is crystal clear and BEAUTIFUL.

View from our hotel room

This is our view of the beach from our hotel room. We could also see the pool from our room, and more of the bay, but I couldn’t fit it all in one picture.

SUP

I SUPed for my first time! I’ve been wanting to do this forever. I just got out on one with no lessons or instruction and didn’t fall! WOOHOO! And that means a lot because I’m terrified of kayaking in the ocean, and yet I was very far away from the beach on a standup paddle-board and still did good without scaring myself.

Parasailing st. thomas Parasailing st. thomas Parasailing St. Thomas

Parasailing for our first time ever! It was around $200 for the both of us (pictures included by the company). We were up in the air for around 10 minutes and it was a lot of fun. I definitely overcame a lot of my ocean and shark fears this vacation haha. St. Thomas parasailing was a blast!

Crystal clear water

This is me on the first (maybe second) day of our vacation. The view is just so pretty! I could never get sick of this view.

Iguanas everywhere!

Iguanas were all over the place. We noticed them on our last trip, but this past trip just had these guys crawling all over. You couldn’t even eat without 4 or 5 of them right at your feet!

SUPThis is my sister standup paddle-boarding. She was terrified but didn’t fall also!

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About Michelle Schroeder-Gardner

Michelle is the founder of Making Sense of Cents, a blog about personal finance and traveling. She discusses how her business has evolved in her side income series. She paid off $40,000 in student loans by the age of 24 mainly due to her freelancing side hustles. Click here to learn more about starting a blog!

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  2. myfijourney says

    That looks like an amazing vacation. All the iguanas remind me of all the lizards that were everywhere when I lived in FL, except that the iguanas are much bigger.

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  4. plantingourpennies says

    Lovely! I love the color of the water there =) Glad you got to have fun and hopefully there were no sharks around!

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  6. Laurie says

    Thanks for sharing, Michelle – it looks absolutely fabulous! Can't wait till we can go on vacations again. 🙂
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    • MakingSenseofCents says

      Yes the water is awesome! And I will do a post on that VERY soon. Did you have any questions that you would like me to answer? I have received around $10,000 in free travel in the past year 🙂

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  12. John S @ Frugal Rules says

    Those pictures are amazing and makes me want to go back. 🙂 Love the pic of the iguanas. Both times we have flown to San Juan they have had to clear the runway of them before we can get to the gate because there are so many of them.

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  20. Jenny@FrugalGuru says

    Looks like a blast! I look forward to the posts.
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  23. Linda says

    I love the pics and love the Caribbean!! I would love to hear more about how you score travel freebies – like free hotel stays and free "things to do." Too bad there isn't a way to be a mystery shopper or get freebies on flights – unless maybe you know of something?? I would love to do reviews for places I travel to but have no idea how to get into it. It is amazing that you have scored over $10K worth of freebies and would love to do it also. Other questions I have are how to know if the deal is legit, how to tell if the company is safe (especially for activities where you are out on a boat possibly with just your travel partner and the company or out parasailing or ziplining….), and what to do if the hotel/excursion company is terrible. I think a free vacation would still be worth it, but depending how terrible the situation is, it might be one where you just have to get out immediately.

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    • MakingSenseofCents says

      Haha I wish there was a mystery shopping thing where you could get travel freebies! What I do is somewhat similar though, and I will put all of that in the post.

      All great questions, thanks!

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  24. Nick @ AYoungPro.com says

    That looks like a lot of fun. I have said this on every update you have provided of St. Thomas, but I am super jealous haha. Where did you stay? Was it all inclusive?
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  25. Greg says

    Looks wonderful! I go on vacation next week and this makes me even more antsy to get going! I will be interested in some tips about freebies as well.

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  31. Anne - Unique Gifter says

    So, did you like SUP? I personally find it to be kind of boring, but so many people are completely enamoured with it!

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